MacGuffin Podcast

This episode we discuss the ramifications of the emails released by the Sony hackers. We also review Ridley Scott's new bible-epic "Exodus: Gods and Kings" and at the end of program, in our Netflix homework, we discuss the documentary "The Source Family."

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This week we beg our listeners to help us remember the titles of movies we have vague memories of seeing when we were kids. We also review Jon Stewart's film debut "Rosewater" and the awards buzz, Stephen Hawking biopic "The Theory of Everything. For our Netflix homework we also review the Brazilian gangster film "City of God." 

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Richard's going on 30+ hours without sleep and Cassidy's editing on his old computer, but yet we still move forward. This episode we review the newest installment of The Hunger Games franchise, "Mockingjay" and at the end of the show we review Joe Carnahan's "Stretch."  

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Alyssa Witte of the Quarter Life Crisis podcast joins us to review "Big Hero Six," "Whiplash," and, for our Netflix Homework, Woody Allen's "The Purple Rose of Cairo." We also talk about our respective podcasts' and mental disorders as portrayed by actors in film.

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 This week we review Christopher Nolan's new epic "Interstellar" and the Jake Gyllenhaal thriller "Nightcrawler." We also weigh in on the Toy Story 4 announcement and at the end of the show, for our Netflix homework, we review the haunted-house doc "The American Scream."

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This week we talk about our Halloween weekends, Cassidy's trip to the LA Comikaze convention, and we review the meta-comedy "Birdman." We also finally weight in the news of Marvel's phase-3 slate. At the end of the podcast, for our netflix homework, we also review the Swedish punk-rock coming of age drama "We are the Best!"

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Halloween's on it's way and we can't find a single good horror movie in theaters to review, so instead we bring you reviews of the social awareness movies "Men, Women & Children" and the Sundance hit "Dear White People." However, in our Netflix homework we accidentally review two horror movies in one with Mario Bava's "House of Exorcism." We also discuss Halloween costume ideas and what it's like living in a coastal city when being from Idaho.

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 Richard passed his kidney stone and relives the horror for us before we review last week's "Dracula Untold" and this week's war movie "Fury," staring Brad Pitt. We also ask if experimental film has become officially 'uncool,' and at the end of the program, for our Netflix homework, we review 1985 horror-comedy "The Stuff."

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 This episode, to make room for a lengthy discussion of David Fincher's film career, we have no movie news for you. Of course, this concludes with an in-depth review of "Gone Girl." At the end of the program we also review Ti West's "The Sacrament" for our Netflix homework segment.

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 In this episode we review the new film by  Laika Animation, "The Boxtrolls". We also catch up on "The Skeleton Twins" and Terry Gilliam's new sci-fi movie "The Zero Theorem." We also discuss horror movie trends, recent movie news, and at the end of program, for our Netflix homework, we review the 1997 Robert Downy Jr, Heather Graham film, "Two Girls and a Guy."

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